Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2024
Elon Musk claims that a DDoS attack caused problems with the livestream interview with Donald Trump

Elon Musk claims that the livestream interview with Donald Trump on the X social media platform was impacted by a cyberattack. Elon Musk claims that a massive DDoS attack caused problems with the announced interview with Donald Trump on the X platform Monday night. “There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on 𝕏. Working on shutting […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2024
CERT-UA warns of a phishing campaign targeting government entities

CERT-UA warned that Russia-linked actor is impersonating the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) in a new phishing campaign to distribute malware. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign targeting organizations in the country, including government entities. The campaign, tracked as UAC-0198, has been active since July. Threat actors sent out […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2024
EastWind campaign targets Russian organizations with sophisticated backdoors

A campaign tracked as EastWind is targeting Russian government and IT organizations with PlugY and GrewApacha Backdoors. In late July 2024, Kaspersky researchers detected a series of targeted cyberattacks against the Russian government and IT organizations. Kaspersky named this campaign has EastWind. Threat actors sent phishing emails with RAR archive attachments containing a Windows shortcut […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2024
Microsoft found OpenVPN bugs that can be chained to achieve RCE and LPE

Microsoft found four bugs in OpenVPN that could be chained to achieve remote code execution and local privilege escalation. During the Black Hat USA 2024 conference, Microsoft researchers disclosed multiple medium-severity bugs in the open-source project OpenVPN that could be chained to achieve remote code execution (RCE) and local privilege escalation (LPE). OpenVPN is an […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2024
Is the INC ransomware gang behind the attack on McLaren hospitals?

A INC Ransom ransomware attack this week disrupted IT and phone systems at McLaren Health Care hospitals. On Tuesday, an INC Ransom ransomware attack hit the McLaren Health Care hospitals and disrupted their IT and phone systems. The organizations did not disclose details about the attack, however Bleeping Computer noticed that employees at McLaren Bay […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2024
Crooks took control of a cow milking robot causing the death of a cow

Crooks took control of a cow milking robot and demanded a ransom from a farmer who refused to pay it, resulting in the death of a cow. An extortion attempt had a tragic outcome, cybercriminals took control of a cow milking robot and demanded a ransom from a farmer, but he did not pay, resulting […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2024
Sonos smart speakers flaw allowed to eavesdrop on users

NCC Group discovered vulnerabilities in Sonos smart speakers, including a flaw that could have allowed to eavesdrop on users. Researchers from NCC Group have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Sonos smart speakers, including a flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-50809, that could have allowed eavesdropping on users. The researchers have disclosed the vulnerabilities during the BLACK HAT USA […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2024
CISA adds Apache OFBiz and Android kernel bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apache OFBiz and Android kernel bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Android Kernel Remote Code Execution flaw (CVE-2024-36971) and an Apache OFBiz Path Traversal issue (CVE-2024-32113) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2024
0.0.0.0 Day flaw allows malicious websites to bypass security in major browsers

An 18-year-old bug, dubbed “0.0.0.0 Day,” allows malicious websites to bypass security in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari to breach local networks. Oligo Security’s research team warns of an 18-year-old bug, dubbed “0.0.0.0 Day,” that allows malicious websites to bypass security in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari to breach local networks. The issue potentially leads to unauthorized access […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2024
FBI and CISA update a joint advisory on the BlackSuit Ransomware group

FBI and CISA published a joint advisory on the BlackSuit Ransomware group, the document provides TTPs and IOCs as recently as July 2024. CISA, in collaboration with the FBI, has published a joint advisory on the BlackSuit Ransomware group. The advisory includes recent and historically observed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise […]